Excerpt from Criminal Trials, Vol. 1 There are few books which furnish a larger fund of instruction and entertainment than the State Trials. -it has been erroneously supposed that these col lections are valuable only to lawyers; but, in fact, their importance and interest equally extend to the general reader. The interest which they excite is universal, being founded upon the same principle which brings persons of both sexes, old and young, and belonging to all classes of society, into our courts of justice to witness the ...
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Excerpt from Criminal Trials, Vol. 1 There are few books which furnish a larger fund of instruction and entertainment than the State Trials. -it has been erroneously supposed that these col lections are valuable only to lawyers; but, in fact, their importance and interest equally extend to the general reader. The interest which they excite is universal, being founded upon the same principle which brings persons of both sexes, old and young, and belonging to all classes of society, into our courts of justice to witness the trials of criminals; that prin ciple is to be found in the feeling of reality which prevails on such occasions, and the consciousness that the life or liberty of a fellow-creature is at stake, and the facts upon which his fate depends are actually weighed before our eyes. Hence it is that no pro cession or solemn show, no theatrical representation, nor the most popular preacher, ever attracted greater crowds than the trials of Hatfield or Bellingham, or, in these late. Years, of the Cato-street Conspirators; and no orator or actor ever addressed an audience of more breathless attention, than that which witnessed the proceedings in those memorable cases. Next in point of attraction to actual presence on such cc casions, is the perusal of the written report of what has taken place; and the eagerness with which this report is sought is scarcely less remarkable than the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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